What a long day. I got my guide book and decided that we should go to the Grand Palace and temples. Bangkok is so crowded. I have never seen so much traffic. It took us almost an hour to get 6 miles in a cab to the Palace. Outside the palace a man dressed in a uniform came right up to us telling us that the palace was closed until two but that his friend would take us on a tour of all the sites. I grabbed Jackson and said ” no” pushing Jackson to move forward in the crowd away from this man. Well this man wasn’t the only one pulling this scam. It was almost impossible to actually get into the Palace without being bullied by these people. Jackson was a bit bewildered because at our hotel the people were truly the nicest people we had ever met. Jackson was getting upset that I was pushing him but all the New Yorker in me knew these people were scammers.
The actual palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha were gorgeous. Afterward we walked around in the pouring rain going through the local markets. I love the different culture, the weird foods and smells. I cant wait to get out of the hecticness of Bangkok and into the Thai country with the elephants!

Ok just boarded flight to Tokyo. We are only 22 hours from landing in Bangkok!
Last week I terminated a manager. I can only imagine what shit is going on in her life . She is past due on rent. I just found out that she has been borrowing money from staff. Now I just received a letter asking us to garnish her wages. It seems to me that her life is in turmoil . I would surmise that this turmoil contributed to her demise with the company . Oh what tangled webs we weave when we practice to deceive!

Hot damn. Trying to get all my work done and prepare for my trip tomorrow. Jackson, Kevin and I are going to Thailand to volunteer with a project that helps overworked elephants. It just hit me today, I am really excited about this.
I am so annoyed at the Milwaukee situation. The aldermen council would not approve us playing music on our roof deck. Really? Are you freaking kidding me? Every bar on that street has outdoor patios blaring music and we cant even have ANY MUSIC on our roof deck. Total Bulls…!

An evening staff party for the San Antonio bar turned into a sex fest. Between 4 and 6 people were fired. That is definitely a version of Coyote Ugly. I bet in the morning the girls were thinking ” shit. I fucked my coworker. My manager found out and I am out of a job. AND he’s not even good-looking ” lol

Boring work emails all day! On my flight from Germany to Chicago I watched 3 movies. None of them were good movies but I made some important decisions. 1. I am on team Jacob ( he’s so much hotter then Edward) 2. I truly would pay to sleep with Russel Crowe) 3. Adam sandler hasn’t made a good movie in years.

Holla! I am back. I got home at midnight last night. The St Petersburg, Russia bar is freaking rocking. The numbers are crazy good. They are crushing the Moscow bar. And for that matter most of the US bars! The Moscow girls made me a homemade collage that was so gorgeous. They put so much time into it , that just warms my heart! So this morning I had to get up and terminate Someone. Welcome home!
Jess from Austin is in New Orleans. I met her today and noticed that her haircut is just like mine. ” lil myself and 4 others girls from Austin donated our hair last week. We all have the same haircut! ” great this is the new Coyote Ugly look

You just haven’t lived unless you have made a fool of yourself on another continent! Yup!
The St. Petersburg bar opening went very well. Very crowded. They brought some Moscow girls to help with training. I am very impressed with them. If there is any complaint it’s that they are on the mic too much. But really they are very good. The bar is gorgeous. They did a great job. I spoke with Kevin and asked why our bars don’t look as good ? His answer ” your cheap ” ok I can’t argue with that!

If ignorance is bliss why am I the only idiot not happy. Heading to Russia! Missed my first flight cause I am an Idiot! Now I am on the later flight I should arrive in St Petersburg tomorrow at 7 pm. 3 planes to get there!

Awesome this hair charity has gone so well. I want to thank Judith for putting so much work into this!!! You don’t even work for us anymore and you have gone above and beyond for this event!!! Thank you. I also want to thank the kids and parents at Ecole Bilingue of New Orleans. Some of the kids cut their hair and the moms came and cut their hair. Just great. I am sure all the bars have their stories. San Antonio has gotten over 240 inches of hair so far!! My hair has not been this short in years. Jackson has no idea what he started. He is already growing his hair out to donate again. I have an AWESOME kid!

They want to do a live webcam of my hair getting cut for the Children with Hairloss charity event on Sunday . Jackson said to me yesterday ” mom your hair is going to be really short after this” . I will look chic for Russia. Monday I fly out so chantel’s cousin is coming down to cut our hair on Sunday at the new Orleans bar. Quite a few people, kids and adults, from Jackson’s school will also be donating their hair on sunday. ” for everyone who is donating their hair on Sunday , thank you. Also here’s my one tip in case you end up with a bad haircut, put a ton of makeup on!

I don’t understand it. How does a manager who knows that their bar is in the slow season order $9000 worth of merch. When the brain is processing right and wrong how did this come up on the Right side? Really, why not call your regional manager and discuss it first? What the fuck. I wish this manager would try and communicate better. This is really a horrendous mistake!
Every year it seems that we take more away from the GM’s and corporate gains the responsibility. My god in my day the GM did everything. The bar was ” your bar”. You paid rent, you made deals, you staffed. Every aspect of running a business was in your hands. Now we keep on taking away responsibilties at the bar level. There are so many ways that managers get conned. SALESMAN:” well if you take in 2 cases of ” Tastes Like Shit Tequila” we will give you 1 case Of ” MAKES YOU WANT TO PUKE ” Vodka.” ! Do you know how hard it is to train these people not to jump at that? Lesson 1 in life: if you don’t have enough coming in then you wont have enough to pay out! really are these hard concepts. What drives me the most nuts is when they dont do the responsible thing and ask before they do something. Yes I can fire them but I am still stuck paying the bill. URGH

I exercise 6 days a week. I freaking eat healthier then anyone I know. And I keep my alchohol intake to one glass of wine a day. ( except anniversary parties, and mardi gras) what the fuck!! I am so sick. I have been sick for three days now. Some women wrote to us about how poorly her husband and her had been treated at one of the bars. Well I am sorry. Didn’t realize your husband was mentally handicapped! We asked him 4 times to stop rubbing your groin when you were on the bar” Hearing problem? So fucking sick of these people. “Let me guess, we will be hearing from your lawyer. Well let me save you the trouble, do you want the video of you and your husband making asses of yourself now ? or do you want to pay thousands of dollars to a lawyer and have him show you the video? Your call” I am in a pissy mood!”

The bars are doing so well! hot damn. I was looking at the logs. There is a girl named Chevy in Austin. In Denver there is a girl they call Disney. I wonder if these are real names?
Jackson and I are going on a volunteer program to help Elephants in Thailand. I am so excited! I have decided that I am willing to sell things or downsize to keep traveling. I love exploring the world with my son. Things are going back up but the economy hit me as well and I realize that I will sacrifice things to make sure we can always explore the world! Good bye motorcycle

” Lilianita, Jackson forgot Grandfathers day yesterday. Your sister’s kids didn’t forget.” You are freaking kidding me! Ashton where are you cause I must be getting punked! I just texted my sister. ” you are already the favorite come on!” LOL I can’t win